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LinkedIn App Lets You Play Tetris With Your Network Profiles

LinkedIn has shown its whimsical side once again with a new app that lets you play Tetris with pictures of people in your network.

Called DropIn, the game mimics Tetris, but uses head shots instead of blocks. Writing in LinkedIn's blog, Matthew Shoup, the site's technical marketing manager, said he created the app to celebrate Tetris' 27th birthday, which was on Monday. He said he also wanted to showcase how easy it is to implement the LinkedIn Platform Javascript API.

The app also integrates your contacts' latest updates. "DropIn takes the classic Tetris experience to a professional level," Shoup writes. "Rotate and stack your LinkedIn connections’ faces, while discovering the fresh content they’re sharing online. There’s never been a more relevant and productive time to play games at work." You can try the app here.

LinkedIn isn't alone in seeing the social networking potential in Tetris. The game was recently celebrated in an app for backpack maker Eastpak that did the same thing DropIn does, only with your Facebook friends.

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